STAND. COM. REP. NO.  934

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 779

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 779 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to raise the District Court's jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance to $40,000, which aligns with the District Court's overall jurisdictional limit of $40,000 for civil actions.

The Collection Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 779 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair